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Glamour And The Dust - Reflections of the WA Country Cups Port Hedland Ladies Day - 23rd July 2017

Port Hedland Ladies Day 2017 winner (right) Kelly Bell

Port Hedland Ladies Day Top 10 Fashions on the Field Finalist 2017

It seems like an aeon has past me by since my last post back
in February which covered all things Pinjarra racing and the Peel region’s
fashions on the field competition from my new found judging perspective.

Just
as a little recap we saw the lovely Philippa Kupsch from Miganew, take out the
regional heat win on the day, out of a super competitive field of entrants (pictured below)

Top Ten Finalist at the Pinjarra Heat

Pinjarra Winner: Philipa Kupsch

Cru Champagne Bar - Bangkok

Roof top cocktails in the clouds

Following Pinjarra I set off with my husband Darcy, overseas bound for a four month adventure like no other. Where we spent the first three months in and around
Bangkok, Thailand and then directly on to Denmark, Greenland and Iceland on a
magical yet contrasting tour of the four countries.

Shopping from these beauties in Chiang Rai

Running amok during Songkran

Food, food and more awesome Thai

We had taken Glamour and the Dust on a bit of an overseas
jaunt – and I had promised to post about it however we were having too much fun
busying ourselves with travel that I will have to circle back to cover those
adventures in upcoming posts – stay tuned!

For now a little bit of a travel teaser in the form of some travel photo spam ;)

I quickly realised when sitting down to write this post that I have a lot to cover.

Some of the topics I would like to include in the future include interviews with the
attendees from Port Hedland Ladies Day from near and far, their outfit
inspirations, selections and interpretations.

Interview's with fashions on the
field style icons about their thoughts on the highs and lows of their fashions on the field entries and what they have learned along the way to glean some insights into
their style journey’s and how they continue to thrive in the racing fashion sphere.

My outfit for Port Hedland Ladies Day captured in its brilliance by Natasha Brady from Telling Designs

I also plan to provide some insight into the day I had this past Sunday outlined from start to finish, including my outfit inspiration and
selection. As well as a shout out of thanks to the many local businesses that assisted
to ensure a picture perfect day.

This post however is about home town country racing – In my
opinion there is not much that can trump a relaxed day at your local race
track, sipping champas with friends, enjoying the odd flutter and basking in
the endless sunshine that the bankable weather of Port Hedland has to offer,
would you agree?

RWWA girls and I enjoying a delicious breakfast brunch at Provodore

Regional Heat Finalist Thus Far

Regional Racing Wildcard Entrants Thus Far

Well yes you sure can, the day can only get more exciting
for fashion savvy ladies when WA Country Cups come to town with a very enticing
prize pool hungry to find their next regional heat finalist to join them in the
action.

The prize pool this year see’s the winner of the 2017 WA
Country Cups Fashions on the Field Final taking home a trip for two to London
with Motive Travel to attend arguably the most famous racing carnival in the
world, Royal Ascot.

Attended by the Queen herself, not only does Royal Ascot
attract some of the world’s finest racehorses such as the likes of Black
Caviar, but it is also well known for being a spectacle of fashion and style.

To add to the prize pool the winner will also receive
$10,000 spending money thanks to TABtouch, as well as other amazing prizes
including a $5,000 diamond piece from Leon Baker Jeweller's Coral Bay collection
and a $500 voucher for popular Western Australian handbag and accessory label,
Jessica Bratich.

I am pretty sure that this kind of prize is enough to entice
any woman into putting a little more effort into their outfit of the day (ootd). That sure is the case in my experience
anyway.

#tkbabe

I love dreaming of racing outfits, I love the pain of the
tireless research to find the look that I think might shine. Consideration must be given to so many
elements.

You need to know what is trending, what is weather appropriate, what
is elegant and timeless, what showcases your style and how to make this
original, then comes the angst of if the outfit will turn up on time, if it
will fit, if it will work the way you envisaged it might.

To add to this booking
in of your chosen makeup artists and hair stylist can be tricky in our small
town and all this is before you have even reached the track to be able to show
off your flare for fashion with the poise, grace and elegance that it requires.

Man, what a job!

#tkbabe

Living in a town such a Port Hedland with the limited
availability to racing appropriate clothing and millinery options, a lot of our
work in developing our outfit ideas occurs from hours of internet trawling,
often to the stern dissatisfaction of our significant others ;)

#tkbabe (right)

To address this issue we have come up with a local way around
this potential conundrum - introducing TK’s Boutique Hire - a local dress and accessory
hiring business in town.

Check us out and give us a like and a follow on Facebook and
Instagram @tkshireboutique

We are a newly formed trio of passionate fashionistas who
each have our own unique eye for fashion, our own styles and ideas and our own
ranges of items which will be added to regularly. In fact if you want or need it, and we don't have it, we can
perhaps point you in the right direction to find it.

#tkbabe

#tkbabe

TKs Hire Boutique Stylist - Raquel

TK's Hire Boutique Stylish - Tia

Starting only moments before the most recent Ladies Day
races and a little late to help too many ladies out for this race meet (although pictured are our #tkbabes we did assist) our philosophy
is simple. We want unique fashion to be
accessible to our lovely local ladies; whereby they can come, try on and see
their chosen looks come to life. It
might be that we can help with the addition of a belt, a fascinator or eclectic
piece that sets your look apart. We can suggest ideas for your outfits you may
not have considered. We hire you our items and take care of the cleaning for a
hire fee and a rental bond. Additionally,
if requested we can provide suggestions for styling as needed. We also have a
range of items from the low-moderate right through to higher end designer
fashion needs.

TK's Hire Boutique Stylish - Sarah

We don’t just cater for the races, we plan to provide advice
for a vast array of events. Keep us in mind and support local business, we are
only too happy to help and are just an email away. J

Also.... Keep a close eye out for a competition that we will
be running shortly...

More information on this venture to come....

For a little more coverage on the heat from Sunday – check out
the little video from The West